‘Soup Nazi’ re-opens in New York
Seinfeld's cranky soup vendor re-opens his store... but is nowhere to be seen on the opening day.
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“No soup for you! Next!”
How well we all remember the ‘Soup Nazi’ as portrayed in that famed 1995 Seinfeld episode. The character portrayed by Larry Thomas was based on real-life soup vendor Al Yeganeh and his Soup Kitchen International.
Yeganeh had gained a reputation for his delicious soups matched with his short temperament for customers who didn’t order properly.
Yeganeh, who first opened his shop in 1984, closed the store six years ago, but kept the lease to pursue franchise opportunities and a line of frozen soups with the ‘Original SoupMan’ brand. Now his store is back, having re-opened this week in midtown Manhattan. Yeganeh was not at the location on opening day but it is rumored he will reappear at some point.
Shame he didn’t re-brand as Soup Nazi!
Wikipedia notes a visit to the store by Jerry Seinfeld after the episode had aired saw Yeganeh launch into a profanity-laced rant about how “The Soup Nazi” episode had “ruined his life,” and demanded an apology. Seinfeld gave what show writer Spike Feresten described as “the most sarcastic, insincere apology” he’d ever heard.
Yeganeh bellowed “No soup for you!” and ejected Seinfeld and his friends from the restaurant. Or so urban mythology believes….
Source: CNN
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3 Responses
True steele. I heard he went from charging $2.50 for his soups to $20.. I understand, that he his biggest gripe is the word nazi. Which he apparently calls the n-word. And the fact that he comes from a part of europe, where the nazis had the worst impact. I can understand that.
“Shame he didn’t re-brand as Soup Nazi!” – yeah because that would go down well…
Always thought it was strange that it “ruined his life” yet he did exploit it quite a bit for his business.
“No credibility for you… Next!”